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Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar army assault
Oct 14, 2016 10:03At least 26 people have been killed as terrified civilians flee violent attacks by Myanmar's security forces in northern Muslim-majority Rakhine state.
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Two police officers killed, 6 missing in attacks in Myanmar's Rakhine state
Oct 09, 2016 11:39Myanmar has announced that attacks on three police posts along the country’s western border with Bangladesh have claimed the lives of at least two officers while six more remain unaccounted for.
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Thailand sentences man to 35 in jail for trafficking Rohingyas
Sep 01, 2016 08:12A court in Thailand has sentenced a man to 35 years in prison for masterminding the trafficking of Rohingya Muslims, who have been fleeing violent prosecution by extremist Buddhists, from Myanmar.
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UN says Rohingya entitled to Myanmar citizenship
Aug 30, 2016 15:35UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Myanmar's stateless Rohingya Muslims should be given the right to citizenship.
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Powerful 6.8-magnitude quake strikes Myanmar, tremors felt in Bangladesh, India and Thailand
Aug 24, 2016 10:26An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale has hit north-central Myanmar, the US Geological Survey says, with tremors felt in neighboring Bangladesh, India and Thailand as well.
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Kofi Annan to advise Myanmar on Rohingya Muslims
Aug 24, 2016 09:41Myanmar has picked former UN chief Kofi Annan to lead a commission tasked with stopping human rights abuses in Rakhine State, where Rohingya Muslims long suffered from discrimination and violent attacks by the Buddhist majority.
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Deadly floods hit Philippines, Myanmar
Aug 14, 2016 08:13Days of nonstop raining have caused floods in the Philippines, leaving at least five people dead and tens of thousands of others displaced.
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Myanmar police arrest 5 in connection with mosque burning
Jul 05, 2016 11:34Police in Myanmar arrested five people Tuesday in connection with the recent burning down of a mosque in the northern state of Kachin.
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Anti-Muslim Buddhists protest in Myanmar
Jul 03, 2016 14:27Anti-Muslim Buddhists held protests in Myanmar Sunday against a government decree that orders officials to use “Muslim communities in Rakhine State” when referring to the Rohingya.
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Myanmar must impartially probe attack on mosque: Amnesty
Jun 25, 2016 06:56Amnesty International has slammed as a “criminal offense” the ransacking of a mosque by extremist Buddhists in Myanmar, saying the new act of violence against Muslim minorities must not go unpunished.